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I connected my vinyl playback rig—the Arkiv B fitted to a Linn Ekos tonearm and a Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with its Lingo power supply—to the Black Head and the NAD M10 V3’s phono input. I took a deep breath, crossed my fingers, and played a test pressing of Sasha Matson’s Fillmore Street/Little Woodstar album on Albany Records, which I produced and which, like the 2012 Cannonball Adderley album, was mastered by Kevin Gray. Interesting. I remember the Black Head as sounding sweet back in the day, and the balance with the SUT feeding the NAD’s phono input did indeed sound sweet, though there was no lack of high-frequency detail. Alvester Garnett’s cymbals on Fillmore Street‘s first movement had sufficient “splash.”Using the Matson album, I performed level-matched comparisons between the LP played via the M10 V3’s phono input and the 24/96 FLAC files streamed with Qobuz Connect. The LP’s low frequencies sounded powerful and extended; the double bass and kickdrum were more clearly articulated with the digital version but somewhat less warm. The midrange seemed palpable with both media; on balance I slightly preferred the LP’s presentation